Factors Associated with College Women’s Personal and Parental Decisions to be Vaccinated Against HPV.
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| Title: | Factors Associated with College Women’s Personal and Parental Decisions to be Vaccinated Against HPV. |
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| Authors: | Rosen, Brittany L.1 brittany.rosen@uc.edu, Bishop, James M.1 bishojs@mail.uc.edu, McDonald, Skye1 mcdonask@mail.uc.edu, Wilson, Kelly L.2 kwilson@tamu.edu, Smith, Matthew Lee3 matthew.smith@tamhsc.edu |
| Source: | Journal of Community Health. Dec2018, Vol. 43 Issue 6, p1228-1234. 7p. 2 Charts. |
| Subject Terms: | *Psychology of college students, *Decision making, *Parenting, *Parent attitudes, Internet, Scale analysis (Psychology), Human sexuality, Human papillomavirus vaccines, Multiple regression analysis, Odds ratio |
| Abstract: | The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a public health concern because of its association with cancer. HPV vaccine rates among college students remains low. This is a critical catch-up age for individuals to receive the HPV vaccine and research shows parents still play a role in college students’ medical decision-making. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine factors related to college women making a solo decision to initiate the HPV vaccination in comparison to making a joint parent-daughter decision. Data collected using an internet-delivered questionnaire were analyzed from 799 college women who had initiated or completed the HPV vaccination. Multinomial logistic regression was performed to compare study variables on who decided the participant should be vaccinated (self-decision, parent-only decision, joint parent-daughter decision). Participants who were older (OR 1.68, p < 0.001) and sexually active (OR 4.97, p < 0.001) were significantly more likely to have made a solo decision to be vaccinated. Participants who completed the HPV vaccination (OR 0.33, p < 0.001) and those who talked with a parent about the HPV vaccine (OR 0.12, p < 0.001) were significantly less likely to have made a solo decision to be vaccinated. Findings indicate joint parent-daughter decisions may improve HPV vaccination cycle completion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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